Afterlife Interview with Prince
Prince on the music he says he would still make, on owning your masters, and on the vault.
Chic – The locked grin of the groove
Chic locked disco to a bass-and-guitar grid via Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, from Studio 54 rejection to Good Times and beyond.
Parliament-Funkadelic – The mothership in the basement
Parliament-Funkadelic turned George Clinton's studio collective into Casablanca-era theatre, complete with a landing Mothership.
Indeep – Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life
In 1982, Indeep released Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life on Sound of New York and Becket, a New York single that missed the Hot 100 and still charted outside the US.
Level 42 – Lessons In Love
On 14 April 1986, Level 42 released Lessons in Love on Polydor, almost a year before the album Running in the Family.
Prince – Let’s Work
Let's Work began as Let's Rock, recorded in Boulder in July 1979 after Prince saw a club dance called the Rock.
Dynamite – Funk with Matt Johnson on the kit
In June 2005, Jamiroquai released Dynamite on Sony BMG/Epic, their sixth studio album, tracked mainly at Jam Studios and Jay Kay's Chillington setup after A Funk Odyssey.
Imagination – British funk dressed for the charts
Leee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy formed Imagination in London in 1981: Body Talk, then "Just an Illusion" at UK No.2 with costumes built for Top of the Pops.
Prince – Crystal Ball
On 17 April 1986 Prince recorded Crystal Ball at his Galpin Blvd home studio, then watched Warner refuse the triple album built around it.
Parcels – Gamesofluck
Gamesofluck is the October 2016 Parcels single on Kitsuné / Because that led into the Hideout EP: five Byron Bay friends already based in Berlin, moving from live funk toward disco pop built on computers.